BISHKEK (TCA) — As Central Asia’s political ground has been shifting in recent months, and years, we are republishing this article by George Voloshin, originally published by The Jamestown Foundation’s Eurasia Daily Monitor:
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BISHKEK (TCA) — A survey of the preferences of different income groups in the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) countries suggests that higher-income citizens are more positive towards the EEU than economically weaker groups, according to the EDB Integration Barometer, a yearly joint research by Eurasian Development Bank’s (EDB) Centre for Integration Studies and Eurasian Monitor, an international partnership, run since 2012. In 2016, 8,500 respondents from seven countries took part in the survey.
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GHARM, Tajikistan (TCA) — World Food Programme (WFP) Tajikistan Country Director Paolo Mattei and UNICEF in Tajikistan Representative Lucia Elmi took part in a joint 2-day visit to Tajikistan’s Rasht Valley with the U.S. Ambassador Elisabeth Millard, USAID Country Director Kate Crawford, and representatives from the Tajik Ministry of Health and Social Protection on 3 and 4 November.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — On November 8-10, Tashkent will host Uzbekistan’s First International Fruit and Vegetable Fair, during which it is expected to sign sales contracts for more than 1 million tons of fresh and about 30 thousand tons of processed fruit and vegetable products, the Jahon information agency reports.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — At a meeting in Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek on November 3, the six-member Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) proposed to advance the establishment of a development bank and a fund to boost financial cooperation, China Daily reported.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — Growth across the EBRD region is expected to pick up in 2016 and 2017 despite continued major risks, according to the Bank’s latest economic forecasts published on November 3.
